Did you get your food, people of the Southeast? We've seen a number of these kinds of photos over the past couple of days -- people clearing stores' dairy, bread and other shelves. This was taken Monday -- two days before the ice storm -- at a Whole Foods store in Atlanta. Photo by Jordan Hultine/CNN.

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by Jason.Hanna2/12/2014 2:39:56 PM

CNN iReporter David Hopper says he's already seen an eighth of an inch of ice on tree branches in McDonough, about 30 miles southeast of Atlanta, and he has no intention of leaving his home during today's storm. A happy surprise: He got his paper this morning -- something he didn't get during the 2.5 inches of snow that crippled the area two weeks ago.

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by Jason.Hanna2/12/2014 2:42:13 PM

We're now at 93,000 customers without power from Alabama to North Carolina, according to officials. At least 54,000 customers are out in Georgia alone, according to Georgia Power.

After icing parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, a winter storm arrived Wednesday in Georgia, dropping a mix of ice and rain that was expected to continue pelting the Southeast into Thursday.

Up to three-quarters of an inch of ice was expected to accumulate on Atlanta and up to 10 inches of snow and sleet on Charlotte, North Carolina, making travel treacherous.

Area residents had heeded ample warnings issued by forecasters, emptying grocery store shelves, filling up their tanks with gas and filling their trunks with salt. In Atlanta, the city that couldn't get out of its own way after a 2.6-inch snowfall two weeks ago, road crews were staged along nearly empty highways.

by Jason.Hanna2/12/2014 3:11:28 PM

Thank you, motorists, for staying off the roads. Please do so again tomorrow. #gawx

The weather in the Raleigh-Durham area caught North Carolinians off guard when it changed from a "non-precipitation event to heavy snowfall," the State Highway Patrol's Public Information Officer tells us.

by Sarah Aarthun2/12/2014 9:24:44 PM

Mike Charbonneau from the N.C. Department of Transportation tells CNN’s Meridith Edwards that the state has plows and salt trucks trying to alleviate the highway gridlock around Raleigh, but they are also snarled in the massive traffic jam. He has heard of people abandoning their cars and the N.C. DOT is encouraging people to get to the side of the road and stay with their vehicles.

by Sarah Aarthun2/12/2014 9:30:17 PM

Raleigh Assistant City Manager Dan Howe just broke down the traffic situation to CNN, and it sounds eerily similar to what happened in Atlanta two weeks ago: "Everybody knew the storm was coming. We had warned people to stay home ... but the weather was pretty good this morning."

by Sarah Aarthun2/12/2014 9:32:54 PM

Howe says that right around noon, "the snow started with a fury," and those who went to work today decided to head for home. "They all ended up on the road at the same time."

by Sarah Aarthun2/12/2014 9:33:46 PM

Howe described a "very dangerous situation," with wind chills dipping to 12 degrees and difficult travel. "I would encourage everyone who is in a warm, safe place to just stay there."

Milton Hamilton is the manager at a Holiday Inn Express in Raleigh. Drivers have been abandoning their cars on the interstates and walking to the hotel due to the gridlock and deteriorating conditions. The hotel and its nearby competitors are at full capacity, he says.

John Verdejo, who lives in the Raleigh area, said his normally 20-minute commute home took him nearly two hours Wednesday. Despite local officials sounding warnings about the coming storm two days out, much of Raleigh went to work today. "As soon as the snowfall hit the ground, it was an exodus to the streets," Verdejo said.